nbc's trace' potts joins us from washington with the latest. tracie, good morning to you. >> veronica, good morning. perry has rejected those comments, but some analysts say he needs to come out and say more. the dallas pastor who said mitt romney is part of a cult is defending his comments about mormons. >> they have their own human founder, their own set of doctrines and their own religious book outside of the bible. >> pastor jeffers says mormons aren't christians and it's a false religion. romney's opponents say, it's a nonish. >> we don't have a test for people when they go into the white house, we do believe in tolerance and liberty. >> i'm dodging it because it's not going to help boost my campaign. >> he called it a ridiculous sideshow. >> i don't no idea why people are wasting so many political bandwidth. >> pretty existent in the values i share and the things i want to see happen in this country. >> jeffers said sunday, voters are smart enough to separate his beliefs from the candidate he endorses. as for romney, sox analysts think qu